Candlelit vigil for the ten people who lost their lives at the Glenamuck halting site fire in Carrickmines, Dublin (Image: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos)

Meanwhile Tom McHugh, the director of housing with Dun Laoighaire/Rathdown council insisted the site was only ever meant to be a “temporary emergency site”.

He said: “The site was already established when I took on the role. It opened on 2008 to accommodate the family who were living on the roadside at the time. It was only ever supposed to be a temporary emergency site.